About Phala's Eating House

Phala's Eating House, also known as Phala's Kitchen, is a traditional South African eating house in Block S, Mabopane, north of Pretoria. We cook the dishes that South African families grow up on: pap with slow-cooked meats, mala mogodu, marapo, oxtail, eisbein, sheep's head and village chicken. Our motto is simple: African cuisine with a side of love.

Phala's Kitchen African Cuisine sign lit up at dusk outside Phala's Eating House in Block S, Mabopane

Our sign on Block S at dusk. See more in Phala's Eating House photos.

What we cook

Everything on our menu is built around one idea: traditional food, cooked slowly and served generously. Tough, flavourful cuts like tripe, trotters, bones, tongue and oxtail need hours in the pot before they become tender, and we give them that time. Every plate comes with pap, the stiff maize porridge that is the backbone of a South African meal.

Mala mogodu: beef tripe and intestines in a rich gravy
Marapo: slow-simmered beef bones, full of marrow
Oxtail and ox tongue (beestong)
Eisbein and tlhakhwana (pork trotters)
Nama tlhogo (sheep's head), boiled or grilled
Chicken hardbody: free-range village chicken
2 and 3 mixed meat plates for sharing

Want to know more about a dish before you order? Our Kitchen Stories blog explains what each one is, where it comes from and how it's cooked.

More than a place to eat

Phala's is a gathering place. Families come for Sunday lunch, friends come to relax over a plate and a cold drink, and we host soul sessions and special evenings for our community. Read more in Phala's Hang Out.

Delivery

We deliver around Mabopane and Soshanguve with Spaceman Deliveries, our own delivery service: R40 to Mabopane and R50 to Soshanguve, charged once per order. Order directly on this website so your order comes straight to our kitchen, and see our delivery page for areas, fees and payment. Please only use our official channels: read how to order safely.

Visit us

Address: 6233 Block S, Mabopane Unit S, Mabopane, 0190 (near Mabopane Station)
Hours: Monday to Sunday, 08:30 to 19:00
Directions: find us on Google Maps
Contact: see our contact page

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